Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

2020-05-06 Thread Asher Hockett
Congratulations! On May 8th, 2013 we had a Blue Grosbeak visit a feeder in Danby, south of Ithaca, so the timing is perfect. 10 minutes and then gone. A lifetime highlight. Maybe we will see one here in Albuquerque! Asher Hockett On Wed, May 6, 2020, 3:01 PM Johnson, Alyssa wrote: > A lifer for

[cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

2020-05-06 Thread Johnson, Alyssa
A lifer for me! I work at the Montezuma Audubon Center, and earlier today someone sent us a picture saying she thinks her husband saw a blue grosbeak at work, which is at the Seneca Meadows Landfill in Waterloo. I confirmed the picture ID, and made some calls and was able to meet up with the

[cayugabirds-l] cowbird and phoebe

2020-05-06 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, I just witnessed one of those sad natural scenes - a female cowbird stole two eggs from a phoebe nest, which is above the light at our back door, and proceeded to eat the yolks. Phoebes are common cowbird hosts and I assume she will lay in that nest, and that's I know this is just the

[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Crane nest, Main Pool Montezuma

2020-05-06 Thread Dave Nutter
Reuben Stoltzfus just told me about a Sandhill Crane nest he saw yesterday from the Main Pool tower at Montezuma NWR, looking north about 200yards just on the far side of a water channel. The adults were well camouflaged and they had at least 1 very tiny chick, so small that it seemed not to